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T. F. OURLEY.

NAIL GLEANER.

No. 331,869; Patented Dec. 8, 1885.

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TERENCE F. OURLEY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

NAIL-CLEANER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 331,869, dated December8, 1885.

Application filed September 30, 1885. Serial No. 178,619. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, TERENCE F. GURLEY, of the city of Brooklyn, in thecounty of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Nail-Cleaners, of which the following is a specification,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part thereof.

My invention relates to an improvement in the construct-ion of thenailcleaner, by means of which the nail is completely cleaned of alldirt Without injuring the quick or ruffling the surface of the nail.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side View of a nail'cleaner attached tothe handle of a penknife. Fig. 2 is a front view of the cleaner. Fig. 3is an enlarged rear View thereof. Fig. 4 is an enlarged front viewthereof. Fig. 5 is an enlarged side view thereof. Fig. 6 is a crosssection taken in the line at x of Fig. at.

a is the portion of the cleaner which comes into contact with thesurface of the nail when in use, and is made in an oval form, taperingto the extreme point b, which is rounded, so as to present a dull pointto that portion of the nail where the flesh joins it, called the quick.The point of junction (1 between this .rounded surface a and the flatrear surface, a, is also rounding, which gives the cleaner at its rearthe appearance of the surface of a smoothing-iron. By reason of thisconstruction no angular, flat, or sharp surface is presented to thenail, and the operation of cleaning the nail can he proceeded withwithout danger of inj ury to the quick. With all other constructions ofnail-cleaners great care has to be exercised in their use in order toavoid injury to the nail and quick. It also burnishes the inside of thenail, thus preventing the dirt sticking thereto. All other nailknivesmake grooves on inside of nail, thus forming a receptacle for the dirt.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a nail-cleaner, the surface a, rounded and tapering to a dull point,2;, with a rounded edge, (1, or junction between thesurfaces a and c,substantially as described.

TERENCE F. OURLEY.

Witnesses:

Boer. H. MARsHALL, ANDREW M. TODD.

